Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
Escalating the cold war
FIONA EDWARDS, member of the international organising committee of the No Cold War campaign, warns that the new Australia, Britain and US military alliance against China is a threat to world peace
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THE formation of the new military alliance between the US, Australia and Britain – Aukus - represents a serious escalation of the new cold war against China and therefore increases international tensions and threats to peace.
This new alliance, which will see Britain and the US furnish Australia with the technology and capability to deploy nuclear-powered submarines, is a belligerent force that threatens peace and stability in the Pacific region.
The formation of Aukus comes at a time of increasing US hostility towards China. Following its humiliation in Afghanistan, the US is it stepping up its military focus on China.
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